August Journal

[3rdgen.maple]

Well I had a rather fun day, okay not really. I managed to somehow grenade the hydraulic valve on my 3pt hitch woodsplitter, after much messing around with it and some welding I got it to work for all of about 30 minutes before it grenaded again. Ran over to my brothers and sort of stole his woodsplitter that he hasnt used in a few years. Dont tell him Okay lol. Brought it home changed the oil in it, replaced the hydraulic oil and filter, wasnt sure last time it ran so thought I would give it a little tlc first. Started splitting away and was rather impressed how fast it splits for an old dog then wham after an awful grinding noise it just quit pumping the oil to the cylinder. Ripped out the lovejoy couplings on it. So after tearing it apart and ordering all the parts for both splitters I took the valve off my brothers splitter and put it on mine. All day for a measly 3/4 of a full cord of wood. I just should have drank all day instead.

[Parker]

Too wet to log yesterday so Ray, Paul and I worked up sugar wood,,put in a good long day,,Think we now have around 20 cords cut to length and quarterd, ready to split,,,still a ways to go but getting there...once the shed is full I want to build a tank room off the end of the sugarhouse and elimenate the frozen in lines and overheating sap issues I have with the current tank configuuration...